A bipartisan pair of senators introduced a bill that would require the Homeland Security Department to create an ongoing program to allow security experts to report bugs on agency websites.

“This bill encourages ethical hackers to come forward with information they find about vulnerabilities in our government networks by assuring them that if they do, they’ll have protection under the law,” Hassan said in a statement.
The bill is a companion piece to House version sponsored by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif, which passed in late September.